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Archaeologists have discovered thousands of glass beads and artifacts at Gwalala Hill in South Africa, revealing a thriving 700-year-old trade network that connected Southeast Asia to southern Africa.
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The find rewrites what we know about precolonial African commerce and cultural exchange.
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